Bulls Hand Utah First Loss of Season
Tyson Chandler comes up big in the final minute of play.
Tyson Chandler's Bulls were down by four points with just under a minute to go when he stepped it up on both sides of the floor scoring 4 points and blocking 2 shots in the final minute of play. Chandler's hookshot over Troy Murphy with 18 seconds to go put the Bulls up by two and Utah couldn't answer back as Chandler hit two crucial free throws with 12 seconds left on the clock after he'd been intentionally fouled.
Utah's
Stromile Swift went out early in the 4th quarter with a minor arm injury and did not return to the court. This is the second time in two games that one of the Jazz's premiere players had to leave the game early due to injury. Yao left the game the previous night with a knee injury but returned to play and looked to be in pretty good shape tonight versus the Bulls.
Tyson Chandler had a huge 4th quarter to rally the Bulls back to a win.
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Postgame Notes
Jazz Notes
+ Shot the ball well. Shot 41-79 (.519) as a team.
+ Finally get to go home for a game after four on the road.
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Chris Paul continues to struggle with his shot going 3-10 (.300). Missed half of his free throws (4-8).
- Lacked energy on the defensive end.
- Lost
Stromile Swift in the 4th quarter with an arm injury.
- First loss of season (6-1).
Bulls Notes
+ Played solid on both ends of the court.
+ Played the last quarter with a lot of energy.
+ Made crucial free throws in the final minutes of the game.
+ Get another win on the season (4-2).
- Took too many contested shots from the outside (6-23).
Boxscores
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Photos
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Chris Duhon 1
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Kirk Hinrich 1
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Latrell Sprewell 1 2
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Luol Deng 1
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PJ Brown 1
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Stromile Swift 1 2 3
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Tipoff 1 2
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Tyson Chandler 1 2